Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Kowa iPhone Adapter

Want to digiscope with your iPhone 4 or 4S? If you own a Kowa Prominar 77 or 88, Swarovski ATM/STM, ATS/STS (20-60x and 25-50x zoom), or Vortex Razor HD 85 spotting scope, then you're in luck. Kowa’s TSN-IP4S adapter fits the above spotting scope eyepieces. After testing various spotting scopes, it definitely will not work with the Leica 82 and Zeiss 85 (new eyepiece). Here it is attached to the Vortex Razor 20-60x85 HD scope:

Hey Mike- good looking product. Do you know (or can you find out) the inside diameter of the Kowa adapter?

RE the Meopta iPhone adapter, I have 42, 44, and 49mm versions for reviewing. The 42 snugs on my Nikon binocular eyecups (EDG & Monarch 7), and the 49mm will fit over my 30X wide EDG Spotting Scope eyepiece if I unscrew the eye cup assembly. To keep the adapter from peeling off my screen protector I cut a bevel into the leading edge on the top and bottom sections (makes sense if you are using one) using a Dremmel tool with a small grinding wheel. Now my iPhone goes in fine with the screen protector intact.

Here is another company that has unlimited adapters (Vortex, Swarovski, Leupold, Leica, Zeiss, ETC. Spotting scopes, binoculars, telescopes, microscopes) and works for Android, iPhones, ETC. Even has the iPhone 5 Set up already!

I have a pair of Swarovski 8X32 Swarovisions. The Kowa binocular adaptor that I have fits my 8.5X42 Swaros but is just a little too big for my 8X32's. Do you know if Kowa makes a smaller adaptor ring or whether it's possible to modifty mt current ring perhaps with some foam glued inside?